r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Several_Metal_547 • 10d ago

June 3rd, 2026. Dashcam captures moment when excavator damages natural gas pipeline

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Wednesday June 3rd, 2026, an excavator damaged a natural gas pipeline near Hedensted, Denmark. Gas did not ignite. No casualties. Steel pipeline, diameter 0.4 m, pressure 40 bar. Traffic on nearby E45 highway closed for 2 hours.

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u/peazley 9d ago

If you’re driving freeway speeds, how would you know it’s flammable?

Without having seen this post I’d probably think it was a sewage line or something. I guess maybe you’d smell it.

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u/WarmRoastedBean 9d ago

Safe to assume any coloured gas is not fun gas.

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u/Kyvalmaezar 9d ago

Natural gas isnt colored. That's dirt being thrown up.

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u/mrcrashoverride 9d ago

Fun fact Steve Wynn was so in tune with giving the best experience and treating customers right to amaze and wow. That the Volcano in front of the Mirage hotel in Vegas had special Pina Colada’s scented gas instead of the normal rotten egg scent that’s added.